I hate cologne!

[milefile]

Don't get me wrong. I enjoy nice smells, especially when it's a girl. But some people miss the concept. For instance, there's a sales rep in my office right now. He's been here for five minutes and already I have a headache and can barely breathe through his thick, excessive cologne. Another woman I work with is the same way. It makes me sick, literally.

Cologne is meant to leave a subtle impression, subtle . It is not meant to fumagate an entire room. Nobody should be able to know you were there two hours later because the stench of your cologne lingers on.

I rarely wear the stuff and when I do it's some kind of essential oil like rain or vanilla. I'd never drench myself in some acrid concoction and then subject the world to it.

But enough of my rant. What do you think?

 

[Duke]

I hate people who take a few laps in their scent before heading out in public to drown us as well.

What causes that problem is this: the brain is set up to filter out smells that it is subjected to for long periods of time; particularly bad smells. People may start out wearing a reasonbable quantity of the given scent, but after a few months, they can no longer smell it due to the brain ignoring the chronic input. So they unconciously put more and more on until they can smell it, which is 10x too much for anybody around them. They just don't notice they're overdoing it.

My wife has 2 or 3 favorite perfumes, and she rotates between them occasionally to 'update' her mental filter. Plus she's aware of the issue and only uses a small amount, whether she can smell the result herself, or not.

 

[Magic069]

I only wear it when I feel like I need to be presentable. Like on important dates with my girlfriend. Or if I am going to a club and want to be noticed. Not at work, or everytime I take a shower. Deodorant is enough for me. I don't throw a lot on, just enough that a person in a close distance notices I have something on.

Its nice to have someone tell you, you smell good every once and awhile!

Its funny, but my girlfriend prefers the smell of my shaving cream, after I shave my face.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I wear it sometimes, but like neon_duke, I'm quite sensitive to people who wear too much. I've counteracted the desensitisation issue by simply doleing out the same amount each time!

 

[slip2rock]

Same as you guys really, don't use the stuff. In fact even my deodorant is pretty much odourless.

I'm not sure why but i've never liked the idea of men wearing perfume......

 

[Jon]

I use it. But I don't drown myself in it. I use "Cool Water" you guys should check it out. One spray sets you up for the whole day.

 

[F1man]

Originally posted by milefile
I hate cologne!

I hate my computer!

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by Jon
I use it. But I don't drown myself in it. I use "Cool Water" you guys should check it out. One spray sets you up for the whole day.

An ex-girlfriend of mine was powerless under the influence of Cool Water 😈

 

[Der Alta]

to add a nauseating note to this...My old roommate had a penchant for wearing excessive amounts of Polo. A clean shaven, very well manaered guy. Respectable in every right, other than the one slip up of marinating in his cologne. He went through a bottle a month. The house reeked of it after he left for work, and when he was working, customers would wrinkle their nose when they went by.

I do have to note that it was much better to smell excess cologne than excess body odor. I've worked with a people that didn't believe in a shower a day, or deodorant of any kind.

I rarely wear cologne, only a light misting when taking the wife on a date. Stetson seems to be her preference.

AO

 

[PoeticSoul952]

Originally posted by neon_duke
What causes that problem is this: the brain is set up to filter out smells that it is subjected to for long periods of time; particularly bad smells. People may start out wearing a reasonbable quantity of the given scent, but after a few months, they can no longer smell it due to the brain ignoring the chronic input. So they unconciously put more and more on until they can smell it, which is 10x too much for anybody around them. They just don't notice they're overdoing it....

Exactly, they don't realize that even though they can no longer smell it, that everyone else still can...

 

[Pupik]

Ugh, it's horrible. I thought humans didn't have to leave a scent; some people waltz in and stink hours later. Every so often, I'd hold my nose at the offending cologne bather, so they can see it. Most women are good at using it, some over-do it as well. If they were smart; they'd make perfume that smells like food...definitely the surest way to attract a man (or a Homer J.)!

I use a dash of Polo Sport only if I know I'm going to stink after 10+ hours of work, and I've got something to do afterwards!

 

[Race Idiot]

Beh.

Im only going to use it if I have to be presentable. I usually just use deoderant for daily use. Although some of the female teachers at my old school if you could have lit a match near them, they would have created a vapor trail with the amount of cologne that they used. Also in my old job my boss used to use a lot of cologne so I could actually smell him coming down the corridor. But when he got up close I was almost gaging because of the amount of cologne he used.

 

[mayorbill11]

I hate Germany.

 

[Jordan]

Originally posted by mayorbill11
I hate Germany.

I hate off-topic posts like that.

 

[mayorbill11]

Originally posted by Jordan
I hate off-topic posts like that.

I hate off-topic posts like that.

cologne is a city in germany, hence it's on topic.

 

[1X83Z]

Fine - from now on, I'll merely read all of your (brilliant, I'm sure) thread titles and make dumb comments then think up excuses for my stupidity.

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by F1man


I hate my computer!

quite the contribution to the thread...

too much cologne is never a good thing, especially when it's to cover the alcohol's odor. there's a guy i work with that constantly comes at work drunk as a skunk, and he wears a lot, and i mean a lot of cologne just to hide the smell of the booze and the cigars. It is awful, i can barely stand aside him for 30 seconds.

I don't wear cologne. soap, shampoo and shaving cream produce enough of an odor, why bother adding more?

 

[Klostrophobic]

I wear cologne just about every day, and I've had a 3 oz bottle for almost two years. Nautica - Latitude Longitude, I believe.

 

[1X83Z]

Meaning you use about 0.0041095 ounces per day. Congrats.

 

[Klostrophobic]

Sure, now convert that into milliliters.

 

[Cobraboy]

Originally posted by milefile
I enjoy nice smells, especially when it's a girl.

Oh yes, girls smell nice. Especially when its subtle. A few girls in my class go over board and spray they're entire body and the person infront behind and to their immediate left and right. Its disgusting. Males however are different. I find myself a bit stinky even after just walking to school (15mins). I dont put deoderant on in the morning and my stink isnt really that noticable to me, because I'm used to it. But I havent noticed my friends reacting to it. Mainly because they are Pacific Islanders (which in all fairness are slobs...) and they stink themselves. But next year I'm going to take a can of deoderant with me in my bag and put some on when I stink. Cologne, I dont mind a guy wearing cologne that you can smell when you're standing next to them, but ones that follow you around and can smell a mile away end up giving me bad headaches as well.

 

[Klostrophobic]

You don't wear deodorant?

 

[Cobraboy]

No, only now that we're getting into summer will I start using it.
Our Winter, Spring and Autumn are fairly cool here in NZ.